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Comanche Killer or Commentator? Captain Marcy the Ethnographer

Description: Article examines the life and military career of Captain Randolph B. Marcy of the Fifth Infantry, who served as both a soldier and ethnographer in his observance of the Comanche people. Cliff Trafzer explores insights about the Comanches from the man himself, as well as societal attitudes surrounding Native American tribes and Anglo-American settlers in the 1850s.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Trafzer, Clifford
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Okmulgee Constitution: A Step Towards Indian Self-Determination

Description: Article describes a series of meetings held in the 1870s by a general council comprised of delegates from twelve Indian tribes to draft a constitution setting up a territorial government, the Okmulgee Constitution. Although the constitution itself was never adopted, the council meetings still allowed the tribes to confront issues they were facing and provided an example of their self-determination to the national government.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Nolen, Curtis L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Dust to Eat" A Document from the Dust Bowl

Description: Article describes the difficulties farmers faced during the Dust Bowl era in their daily lives through the personal narrative of Caroline A. Henderson. Virginia C. Purdy edited the piece and provides an introduction for historical context.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Purdy, Virgina C. & Henderson, Caroline Agnes
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Congressional Viewpoint Toward the Admission of Oklahoma as a State: 1902-1906

Description: Article discusses the various perspectives and dilemmas faced in Congress over the passage of Oklahoma's statehood during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the main debates centered around the idea of Oklahoma entering the Union as a single state, or as two due to the separation of Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Ellinger, Charles Wayne
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Three Ring Circus: The Zack Miller-Tom Mix Lawsuits, 1929-1934

Description: Article describes the proceedings of a lawsuit filed by Zack Miller, one of the three brothers who ran the 101 Ranch Real Wild West Show, against Tom Mix, a cowboy actor who Miller had announced would perform in their show. Despite the contract talks they had been having, Mix had signed with Sells-Floto Circus instead.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Gossard, Wayne H., Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Alice Brown Davis: A Leader of Her People

Description: Article pays a biographical tribute to Alice Brown Davis, school superintendent, court interpreter, and later chief of her tribe, in her dedication and contributions to the Seminole Nation after their relocation to Oklahoma.
Date: Winter 1980
Creator: Waldowski, Paula
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents [Summer 1980]

Description: Notes and Documents column for Summer 1980, including a notice about the Edna May Armold Archives Room at the El Reno Carnegie Library, as well as a record of the mining disaster that occurred at Krebs Mine No. 11 in the form of a poem and a list of names of those killed.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Armold, Edna May & Snodgrass, Martha
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Peavine Railroad

Description: Article describes the creation and development of the Kingfisher-Chandler branch of the Rock Island railroad line, known as the Peavine railroad, and its impact on the communities it connected.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: McIntyre, Glen
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Three Sands: Experiences in an Early Oil Field

Description: Article describes the oil industry boom of the 1920s in the small town of Three Sands, including the layout of Three Sands Oil Field and the surrounding town. B. F. Conaghan provides first-hand insights based off of his own experience working in the oil industry at this time.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Conaghan, B. F.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Will Rogers' Youthful Relationship with His Father, Clem Rogers: A Story of Love and Tension

Description: Article examines the relationship between cowboy philosopher Will Rogers and his rancher father, Clem Rogers, exploring the sociological and psychological friction that caused the two to have a rocky relationship over the years despite the success of both individuals.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Roach, Fred, Jr.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

William C. Canterbury and the First Year of the OEA

Description: Article describes the life and educational impact of William Curtis Canterbury, the first executive secretary of the Oklahoma Education Association. During his year in the new role, his significant accomplishments involved increasing membership in the OEA, publishing ten issues of the The Oklahoma Teacher, and organizing a record-breaking convention.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Hubbell, Joe
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Restoration of Old Fort Gibson

Description: Article details the history of Old Fort Gibson Military Reservation, as well as the restoration process that occurred about a decade later to reconstruct the old fort as Fort Gibson Military Park. Q. B. Boydstun delivers information from firsthand experience as chairman of the reconstruction commission.
Date: Summer 1980
Creator: Boydstun, Q. B.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Bacone School of Art

Description: Article explores the history of Bacone College's School of Art, focusing on the students and instructors who fostered an environment of both ingenuity and tradition in the field of Indian art. This article includes images of illustrations created by the graduates of the school.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Meredith, Howard L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Spring 1980

Description: Notes and Documents column including a letter from 1905 edited by H. Roger Grant describing the state of Oklahoma and Indian Territory in the early 1900s, and a list of policies noting the reorganization of the Oklahoma Historical Society library by Vicki Sullivan.
Date: Spring 1980
Creator: Grant, H. Roger & Sullivan,Vicki
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Notes and Documents, Fall 1980

Description: Notes and Documents column including an autobiographical account of a family homesteading Cheyenne-Arapaho country and an excerpt from an editorial from the Tulsa World about the Oklahoma Historical Society building and its dedication.
Date: Autumn 1980
Creator: Chapman, R. R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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